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Strong valueActiveMillionaire Bonus · $10 · South Carolina Lottery
Millionaire Bonus: Strong value. A $10 ticket pays back $8.03 on average.
▲ +5.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $10 SC games
▲ +5.0 pts vs launch#1 of 9 · $10 SC games
Millionaire Bonus is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the South Carolina state lottery. Its current expected value is 80.3%, up 5.0 percentage points from the launch value of 75.3%. 1 of the original 4 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 89% of the 6.2M printed tickets have been sold.
80.3%
expected return
1 in 3.37
odds of any win
1 of 4
$1M jackpots left
89%
claimed · 5.5M of 6.2M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 208,957 winning tickets still unclaimed.
17 win more than $10
$15 – $200, an actual profit
12 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
71 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 1,269 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $8.03 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$6.18 · 61.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $10K
$0.43 · 4.3% of price
Jackpots $1M+
$1.42 · 14.2% of price
Realistic return, jackpots set aside
66.1%
Just 1 ticket out of 704k carry the $1M+ prizes. This is your expected return if none of them is yours.
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
208,717 winning tickets remain in this range: 77% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
89% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.
6.2M
tickets printed
5.5M
tickets claimed · 89%
704k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
25%
Tickets left
11%
25% of top prizes remain with only 11% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
South Carolina Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 SC peers
#1 of 9
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from South Carolina Lottery published claim data.
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